Baua Electric

MARCH 18, 2024

Amid a flood of new competition, Ford is shifting plans to build more affordable electric vehicles. Ford’s CEO Jim Farley reiterated his concerns over the low-cost overseas rivals during a Wolfe Research conference last month. The American automaker’s leader admitted larger EVs, like the F-150 Lightning , are expensive to build.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

According to a new report, the Hyundai IONIQ 6 is the only EV on the market offering fast charging in under 20 minutes, over 350 miles range, and at an affordable starting price. And you get all of this starting at an affordable starting price of as little as $38,650. 361 $43,656 SEL RWD 77.4 305 $46,365 Limited RWD 77.4

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

So far in North America, Ford has invested in the electric F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E based on adapted ICE platforms. “It’s non-negotiable that we’re going to allocate capital to a new affordable electric vehicle … and you have to make money in the first 12 months,” he said.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

BYD, Chinese EV makers select NVIDIA Drive Thor NVIDIA announced the partnership with BYD during its GTC conference on Tuesday. Electrek’s Take The news comes after BYD declared a “liberation battle” against gas-powered vehicles by releasing more affordable electric models priced below (or around) their ICE counterparts.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 1, 2023

Tesla’s Model Y set sales records around the world, but the Ford F-150 Lightning made a strong debut. While the luxury end of market has been well-served so far, we expect to see more models filling in on the affordable end this coming year. The number of available models is expanding exponentially.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Ford Motor Company has officially closed pre-orders to the F-150 Lightning, the company confirmed today. The F-150 Lightning has quickly accumulated hundreds of thousands of pre-orders, and it will likely be the third all-electric pickup truck on the market, following the Rivian R1T and GMC Hummer EV.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna.

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